The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-05-20
ABERDEEN
From the News:

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The receipts of the Aberdeen land Of
fee for The past week amount to over
! $4,000.
Paul AmeIaDg, proprietor of the
'corn exchange" was arrested last
Monday, charged with selling liquor
Sunday.
The latter part of the week the roller
mills will shut down while quantity of
new machinery is beng put in. They
weeks
The law and real estate firm of Will
liamS & Waterman was dissolved last
Monday. A. G.. Waterman will CON
tinue the business. F, P. Williams an
nOunceS his intentI on of continuing in
the same busineEs but has not yet de-
cded where his Office will be located.
The temperance workers of Aberdeen
held a meeting at the Methodist church
Monday afternoon and decided to call
a county cow entiOn of temperance
workers IN this city June 1st, to take
steps towards bringing the prohibition
question to a vote in Brown county
this fall, under the provisions of the
local option law passed at the last ses
sion of the legislature.
&. NJ Mott returned Sunday evening
from YanktOn where he presented the
county seat petition to Judge Spencer
and procured his signature to the order
calling the election July II. COlumbi;.
had filed protest. in advance, asking
Lhe Judge not to issue the order, alleg
ing that the legislative enactment was
special legislation and therefore pro-
hibted by the recent act of congress.
Notwithstanding this, Judge Spencer
signed the order, which went TO Col
umbia last night for the register OF deeds
to order the publication thereof, to-
gether with the official act of the leg
islature, in at least one ot the official
papers of the county. The publication
will be commenced this week.
At 10 O'Clock last Sunday morning
Constable Crowley, of Columbia, came
to Aberdeen and arrested DR. r. NJ
Elliott on q warrant issued by W. j
Evans, coroner of Brown county.
About six weeks ago Mrs. Louis Lor-
Der, living sixteen miles northwest Of
Aberdeen, was about to be confined.
DR.. Elliott was called to attend her.
In some manner the child died jnst be
fore birth and soon after the mother
passed away. Some time after her
death, the friends and relatives of the
deceased thought that the death OF the
mother and child was due entirely to
DR.. Elliott. Two affidayIts were furn.
ished, one by the husband and the 9th
er by a woman who was present at the
time. These affidavits wyre placed in
the hands of Coroner Evans who pro
ceeded to the place to hold an inquest
on the 9th day of the present month. a
jury was empaneled, evidence taken
and verdict rendered as follows
TERRITORY OF DAKOTA,
COUNTY OF Brown.
An inquisition holden at the residence
of Louis Lorber on the nwf sec 6, town
124, range 60, county and territory afore.
said, on the 9th day of May 1887, be
fore w j Evans, coroner of said county
upon the body of an infant child of Mrs.
Louis Lorber, there lying dead, by jur-
ors whose names are Fhereunto sub
scribed The said jurors upon their
oaths do say that the infant child Of
Mrs LOUIS Lorber came to its death
by being wounded with an iron spoon
IN the hands of r. M Elliott; also by
having its arms pulled from its body
by main force by the same r IA Elliott
while the child was yet unborn and 50
the said jurors do say that the killing
Of the deceased blythe said r. M Elliott
was manslaughter in the first degree.
In witness whereof. we, the iuors afore
said. have TO this lnquisition set our
hands and signatures on the day of the
| date thereof MARTIN f. PUNCHES
JERRY ROBINSON Thy his wife
MARK TANN
TAttest w. J.EvANs, Coroner.
i The preliminary examination was
1 called at 0 o'clock this morning before
Justice Hunsberger, but on motion of
4 the defense, change Of venue was ak
en- to 9. M. Lyon, Of Columbia. 1T is
Il vet too early TO predict whether the
prisoner viii be discharged or not.